UrbanLife 2.0:
"Brittany Proctor
***Trigger Warning***
Most nails shops making $100,000 a month before this pandemic. Most are Asian owned (typically Vietnamese or Korean) located in black communities hit hard by COVID-19 and haven’t donated a cent! Not a mask not a glove not even drop of sanitizer to protect those pretty brown hands they profit so much from!! THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT US! But when outside opens up, its gon be a STAMPEDE of us in that MF shop screaming “TAKE MY MONEY, I ALREADY KNOW MY COLOR!” π€¦π½♀️
Liquor stores have been deemed essential, and most are Asian owned located in the black communities. They were making great money before the pandemic and still making great money! What have they donated? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! But we are continuing to stampede up in that bitch buying up all the Patron, which we’re getting at a super inflated price because they see us as nothing but a dolla sign.
Chinese carry outs and corner stores make great money, located in mostly black neighborhoods, ALMOST ALL OF THEIR PROFIT IS FROM US!!! Yet we walk in, ordering from behind bullet proof glass, only for them to be rude to us, snatch our money, and POISON US WITH THEIR FAKE FOOD! (I can’t lie I’m weak for a 4 piece w/ fries saltpepperketchupmumbosauce and a peach soda)
I am not talking down, or shaming, notice how I used US/WE instead of YALL?
I AM GUILTY TOO!
The Asian community HAS ALWAYS SHOWN US HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT US! Xenophobia from their communities ain’t new!
My point here is WE FORGIVE TOO EASY! WE SHOW TOO MUCH MERCY!
We literally fund all of these businesses, and more, and they give us nothing in return! They treat us poorly, They show us no mercy!! They look out for eachother and eachother only!!!
During this time, we should be planning to take our spending power back!!
NO FORGIVENESS THIS TIME!
DONT GO TO THAT NAIL SHOP!
I understand the dire urge to feel pretty and well-kept. There are more and more black/brown nail artists emerging every day! And they fire! It’s plenty of black/brown girls learning to do nails in lockdown. Give them a shot! Maybe It won’t be as perfect, but give her a chance to better herself through experience. Encourage your friends in esthetics school! We need y’all!
You and your friends wanna go into business? OPEN A LIQUOR STORE together. Stock that MF with black/brown owned distilleries/breweries before you stock commercial brands. FORCE US TO BUY BLACK!
It’s time to CANCEL them from our programming!
The whole entire world runs off our mercy! Our quickness to forgive!
But why be bitter, when we can just BE BETTER!?!?
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*end rant* *begin revolution*
***EDIT***
This post is not about boycotting, nor is it about racism.
I reiterate, the point is we should be investing in our community! We all have valuable and profitable skills!
Why is it that we can fund everyone else’s community but our own? WE HAVE SO MUCH SPENDING POWER! So let’s use it to make us better! We don’t have to boycott, we can open more businesses in our community that provide the exact same services! How does that equal boycott?
WHY DOES SELF LOVE TRANSLATE TO HATRED OF EVERYONE ELSE??
A great number of immigrants (of all races) sacrifice everything to come here to make money for their families in their native country. They keep their money in their communities!!!!
What is the problem with doing the same? WHY IS IT SO HARD TO FATHOM A COHESIVE BLACK COMMUNITY!?!? MAKE ME UNDERSTAND"
Comments:
"It's triggering for her that a community of people who worked hard to build their own businesses from scratch after leaving their home country aren't giving away their money freely."
"What kind of nail bar is making that much money (that isn't a front for organized crime)"
"I doubt she's some kind of expert in that business to trust her numbers. Envy is a powerful thing."
"Liberia is awaiting... imagine running away from slavery only to establish apartheid and a system of exploitation through committing crimes against humanity lol"
"But you can’t be racist to azins"
"It's not about racism she says..."
"It's only racism when directed towards black people."
"How dare those Asians not donate their hard earned money to which this queen is entitled to?"
"The post literally is about this shitheel demanding money from businesses as though their very existence doesn't contribute to the local economy already."
"Have fun when people stop moving to and developing your little slum. What the fuck is "giving back to the community" anyway? Sounds like they're demanding reparashun money."
"Watch the movie Boyz n the hood. Covers story of class climbing middle class black trying to not get ghetto shit on them and derail for life. For people like us they have coconut. Brown outside but white inside. Creative slangs."
"Asking the right question on le Xenophobia
Rob Puente: How many black businesses have given back?"
"After looking at her account, I really want to believe that it's a troll account.
God, I hope it's a troll account..."
"Even if its a troll account the people taking bait in comment there and sharing by thousands are unironic."
"isn't this what you fucks want? For them to try to fix their own problems and invest in their own busiesses?"
"That could have been stated without the fucking entitlement to handouts from another community that also faced racism but didn't sit around and whine, nor were born with a silver spoon up their ass but built themselves up with hard work... yes, that's what I want, as proved by Nigerian Americans and other black people who have emigrated in recent times and are stunningly successful despite all that racism. Because you know, those racist cops and rednecks can totally tell the difference between the descendant of a slave and a first generation African immigrant."
"it gives the stores an excuse to give you shitty service because they know you'll keep coming back. All because you refuse to go to the Asian store next door.
End up hurting your community."
